What is the second largest racial category recognized by the United States Census Bureau?

This category represents a smaller percentage of the overall population compared to the Black or African American group. The American Indian and Alaska Native population is significantly less numerous, making it the smallest racial category among the main classifications recognized by the Census Bureau.

While the Asian population has been growing, it remains less populous than the Black or African American group. The Asian category is the third largest racial group in the United States, following the White and Black or African American categories.

Although often treated as an ethnic category rather than a racial one, Hispanic or Latino individuals can belong to any race. This group is actually the largest ethnic category in the U.S., but when considering strictly racial categories, Black or African American is larger than the Hispanic or Latino classification within the context of the Census Bureau's racial categories.